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A tweet saying “bruh the economy isn’t even real, we literally fucking made it up, just let people have food wtf”

  • untorquer@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Then you’re angry about people using hyperbole to make a point about the evils of the powerful.

    That’s a bit pedantic.

    Real in this sense is just being poignant about how the powerful rely on false appeals to the authority of things like the economy to evade responsibility and culpability.

    • vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      I am strict about meaning BECAUSE it’s important to face the reality of our oppression. I’m baffled I need to explain this to fucking anarchists.

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        But saying the money/scarcity/economy is made up is pointing directly at the reality of our oppression. It’s pointing out that people are being oppressed because it’s profitable, or there’s political will to cause suffering, that it’s an active choice.

        Yes, concepts exist and they’re real in the sense that there’s neurochemical pathways in brains, ink on paper, electrons flowing, and an impact on how goods are distributed. No one is arguing the concepts don’t exist.

        I think you’re misunderstanding the context/nuance, or implication here.